Henry smith daggett



H. S. DAGGETT.

WATER ELEVATOR. No. 324,235. Pate ted A 11, 1 885 WITNESSES ATTORNEY N4PETERS. Phulo-L \ho UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY SMITH DAGGETT, OF GYPSUM, COLORADO.

WATER-ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,235, dated August11, 1885.

Application filed September 25, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. DAGGETT, of Gypsum, in the county of Eagleand State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Tater-Elevators; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in water-elevators; andit has for its object to provide a cheap and efficient machine or systemof machinery, whereby water may be taken up from a running stream orother water supply and economically elevated to a suitable tank ordistributing-reservoir, to be distributed and supplied at lower levels,as more fully hereinafter specified. The above-mentioned objects Iattain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 represents a front view of a machine embodying iny improvedsystem of elevators; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical sectional view takenon the line a w of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detached view of one of thewater-elevating wheels, showing the same partly in elevation and partlyin section.

In the said drawings, the letter A indicates an ordinary undershotwater-wheel, the shaft B of which is journaled in bearings in thevertical timbers O, erected in the bed or adjacent banks of a runningstream or watercourse in such manner that the blades of the wheel mayextend into the running water, so that the wheel may be driven thereby.To the shaft of said wheel is secured a wheel, D, which is provided onone face with a series of arms, E, extending from its periphery parallelwith the shaft to a suitable distance, the said arms being provided withtangential buckets E, arranged to dip into the stream as the wheelrotates, and take up the water with the current, and discharge it at theproper point above.

Between the shaft B and the upper portion of the periphery of the wheelD is located a trough, F, into which the water from the rotating bucketsof the said wheel is discharged as they successively pass over saidtrough.

The letter G indicates a shaft, immediately above the shaft B, havingits journals in bearings in the vertical timbers above mentioned, thesaid shaft being parallel with the said shaft B. The shaft G is providedwith awheel, H, similar in construction to the wheel D, and having aseries of arms, I, and tangential buckets K, which are so arranged thatas the wheel rotates the buckets will dip into and take up the waterfrom the trough F, before mentioned. The shaft G is provided with aseries of radial frames, L, which intergear with the blades of thewater-wheel and serve to propel the said shaft G in a direction oppositeto that in which the shaft B is moving.

Just above the shaft G, and between it and the upper part of theperiphery of the wheel H, is located a trough, M, similar to the troughF, which receives the water from the buckets K and collects it to befurther elevated by the buckets on the wheel N, which is constructedprecisely like the elevating bucket wheels before mentioned. mounted ona shaft, 1?, journaled above and parallel with the first-mentionedshafts, and said shaft is provided with radial arms R, which intergearwith the radial frames L in such manner as to transmit a rotary motionto said shaft 1? and cause its buckets to take up and discharge thewater into a reservoir above,

which may be the final or distributing reservoir.

In the present instance I have described and shown an undershotwater-wheel with a system of intergearing mechanism of peculiarconstruction for transmitting motion to the This wheel is likewisesuccessive elevating-wheels; but it is evident 7 that, by obviouschanges in the construction and arrangement of the parts an overshot,turbine wheel, steam-engine, or other motive power may be applied tooperate the system of elevating-wheels, and that other intergearingmechanism may be employed without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a water-elevator, thecombination of the bucket-wheelshaving longitudinal buckets and mountedupon parallel shafts, intermeshing power-wheels mounted on the saidshafts and receiving motion from the water-wheel shaft, and theintermediate troughs, whereby the water is conveyed at successive stepsfrom a stream or other water supply to a tank or distributing-reservoir,substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the Water-wheel mounted on a shaft providedwith a wheel carrying a series of tangential buckets and the successiveshafts and elevating bucketwheels arranged above the same, of theintergearing radial frames and the intermediate troughs, whereby therespective shafts are separated to rotate the buckets and elevate theWater, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signaturein presence of two 15 witnesses.

HENRY SMITH DAGGE'TT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE R. HARRIS, CLARENCE WHITE.

